It was one of those nights when it’s not really worth trying to compete with the biggest game on TV…so you don’t.
All Origin, all the time on Nine. It started strong with State of Origin: Game 3 – Pre-match (835,000 – not on primary channel in PER), doubling down into State of Origin: Game 3 (1,792,000) which was only slightly less that the Game 2 figure. Expect those numbers to lift with a sizeable overnight BVOD number still to be delivered too. State of Origin: Game 3 – Post-match (706,000) keeps a strong audience who then largely vanish ahead of Travel Guides NZ (133,000).
Nine first in both primary (42.6%) and network (49.2%) rankings.
Home & Away (397,000) struggles on at 7pm for Seven yet still offers their best for the night. A repeat of Highway Patrol (278,000) doesn’t do much (fourth in the slot), and the network inexplicably persists with Britain’s Got Talent (174,000). A repeat of Inside Belmarsh Prison (57,000) completes a night of limited success after the News.
Seven second in both primary (12.7%) and network (18.2%) rankings.
7:30 (452,000) and Gruen (416,000) couple to land a very distant second in primetime for the ABC. This was followed by the season finale of The Weekly With Charlie Pickering (381,000) – down – and the season finale of You Can’t Ask That (256,000) – also down though marginally. Repeats of Would I Lie To You? (177,000) and Small Axe (24,000) receive little interest in the late night.
ABC third in both primary (9.9%) and network (13.3%) rankings.
10 continue the downward trend for everyone, with The Project (245,000 6:30pm; 360,000 7pm) sliding, a repeat of The Dog House Australia (311,000) drawing enough interest to land third in the slot, a very weak Five Bedrooms (175,000) and then a repeat of The Secret She Keeps (54,000) and Good Sam (34,000) vanishing in the late night.
10 fourth in both primary (7.2%) and network (11.8%) rankings.
A quieter night for SBS, delivering Michael Mosley’s 21 Day Body Challenge (106,000), Jack the Ripper (90,000) and Tour de France 2022: Stage 11 (134,000).
SBS fifth in both primary (4.7%) and network (7.5%) rankings.
KEY DEMOS
16-39: State of Origin – Game 3 (507,000) beat out State of Origin – Game 3 post/pre-match, Nine News 6:30pm, and Seven News 6:30pm.
18-49: State of Origin – Game 3 (752,000) led State of Origin – Game 3 post/pre-match, Nine News 6:30pm, and Seven News 6pm.
25-54: State of Origin – Game 3 (835,000) led State of Origin – Game 3 pre/post-match, Nine News 6:30pm, and Seven News 6pm.
MULTI-CHANNELS
Bluey (130,000) lands another multi-channel win for ABC Kids/TV Plus.
EVENING NEWS BATTLE
| Service | Time | O’nights (cume/avg) | Note |
| ABC News | 7pm-7:30pm | 557,000 | |
| SBS World News | 6:30pm-7:30pm | 138,000 | 146,000 6:30pm 129,000 7pm |
| Seven News | 6pm-7pm | 900,000 | 923,000 6pm 877,000 6:30pm |
| Nine News | 6pm-7pm | 809,000 | 804,000 6pm 814,000 6:30pm |
| 10 News First | 5pm-6:30pm | 314,000 5pm 237,000 6pm |
SBS World News averaged ((6:30pm+7pm)/2) to obtain total program figure.
Seven News/Nine News figures averaged ((6pm+6:30pm)/2) to obtain total program figure.
BREKKY BATTLE
Sunrise (206,000)
The Today Show (189,000)
ABC Breakfast (194,000 (122,000 ABC; 72,000 ABC News))
DAILY CONSOLIDATED 7 TOTAL TV
No changes to the previous week’s primetime line-up after the Total TV figures were added: MasterChef Australia (10) lifted 16% to 914,000; Australian Ninja Warrior (Nine) lifted 16% to 801,000; and Big Brother Australia (Seven) lifted 41% to 711,000.
The BVOD best were Big Brother Australia (146,000), and Home and Away (133,000).
Here’s the six shows that lifted the most from their overnight figures:
| Program | Network | Total TV | % lift |
| Big Brother Australia | Seven | 711,000 | 41 |
| Home and Away | Seven | 887,000 | 23 |
| Five Bedrooms | 10 | 425,000 | 23 |
| Gruen | ABC | 928,000 | 22 |
| You Can’t Ask That | ABC | 477,000 | 17 |
| The Front Bar | Seven | 440,000 | 17 |
Primary Channels, Multi-Channels, Shares, Subscription TV, Key Demos, Brekky Battle: All figures Total People, Five City Metro (5CM); overnights only.
Daily Consolidated 7 Total TV: All figures Total People, Consolidated 7 day Five City Metro (5CM) + Regional (Reg) + BVOD (Broadcast Video on Demand); % lift compared to overnight figures.
Top 20 Overnight Metro
Top 20 Multi-Channel Shows
Overnight Network Share
Top 20 Foxtel Shows
Daily Consolidated 7 Total TV Program Rankings
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Note: Program performance and ranking information subject to change when not based on final program logs. Programs with the same name on one or more primary or multichannel, are aggregated into one network figure.
